Can't Restore to Earlier Time

[Guest Tassie]

I have winxp with IE7, and want to restore the comp back to

Aug 2007, but as it will only go 2 months back, I created a

restore point to Aug 20 2007, but on the last page it gave 2

options on the bottom of the page "Home" or "Cancel"

 

So checking on "Help" it said click "home" to get the welcome

restore page or cancel to finish, but when I clicked on "Home"

it closed the page and nothing happened.

 

I tried a couple of times, creating new restore points and clicked

on "cancel" but the same thing happened.

 

Does any one know please what is going on here?

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

Tassie <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Does any one know please what is going on here?

 

Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do.

 

When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and

time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own.

[Guest Just.some.guy]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

 

"Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message

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> Tassie <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>Does any one know please what is going on here?

>

> Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do.

>

> When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and

> time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own.

 

 

Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the

person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help without

your condescending editorial!

[Guest Tassie]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

Thanks!

 

Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

2 months?

 

I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

 

I have tried 3 different methods of un-install, and but it does not do

a clean un-install. It is still the IE7 "Browser" ( help-about says EI7)

 

But in win update, it asks to install IE7 as an update for the comp,

and installs again.

 

 

"Just.some.guy" wrote:

>

> "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message

> news:2pphq3tt5ilapshf3mc0houipt3g74vvt0@4ax.com...

> > Tassie <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> >>Does any one know please what is going on here?

> >

> > Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do.

> >

> > When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and

> > time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own.

>

>

> Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the

> person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help without

> your condescending editorial!

>

>

>

[Guest Just.some.guy]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

Unfortunately for you, I think what he said was correct, and what you *want*

to do, you can't. Here are two links that you can read, and perhaps someone

with a better understanding of system restore will post.

 

http://bertk.mvps.org/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490854.aspx

 

 

 

 

 

"Tassie" <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B87788CF-E0F7-454F-821C-4E1A1A28DB1F@microsoft.com...

> Thanks!

>

> Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

> 2 months?

>

> I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

>

> I have tried 3 different methods of un-install, and but it does not do

> a clean un-install. It is still the IE7 "Browser" ( help-about says EI7)

>

> But in win update, it asks to install IE7 as an update for the comp,

> and installs again.

>

>

> "Just.some.guy" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message

>> news:2pphq3tt5ilapshf3mc0houipt3g74vvt0@4ax.com...

>> > Tassie <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >

>> >>Does any one know please what is going on here?

>> >

>> > Yeah, you're clueless about what you are trying to do.

>> >

>> > When you CREATE a restore point, it will be at the current date and

>> > time. You canNOT select a date and time on your own.

>>

>>

>> Good information, but your delivery sucked! You did not have to say the

>> person was clueless. You could have just answered the call for help

>> without

>> your condescending editorial!

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie

<tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks!

>

> Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

> 2 months?

>

> I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

 

 

You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by

two things:

 

1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points.

 

2. A maximum of 90 days.

 

And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for

undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the

condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I

wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very

most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with

other files on the drive.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Tassie]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore."

 

I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be

what is required in un-installing IE7.

 

 

 

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie

> <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > Thanks!

> >

> > Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

> > 2 months?

> >

> > I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

>

>

> You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by

> two things:

>

> 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points.

>

> 2. A maximum of 90 days.

>

> And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for

> undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the

> condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I

> wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very

> most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with

> other files on the drive.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 03:46:00 -0800, Tassie

<tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore."

 

 

You're welcome. Glad to help.

 

 

> I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be

> what is required in un-installing IE7.

 

 

No, it's not.

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>

> > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie

> > <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> > > Thanks!

> > >

> > > Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

> > > 2 months?

> > >

> > > I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

> >

> >

> > You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by

> > two things:

> >

> > 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points.

> >

> > 2. A maximum of 90 days.

> >

> > And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for

> > undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the

> > condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I

> > wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very

> > most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with

> > other files on the drive.

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

> >

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Can't Restore to Earlier Time

 

You may want to check with the folks on one of the IE newsgroups.

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

 

Tassie wrote:

> Thanks very much for that information on "System Restore."

>

> I will forget about trying to that for now. It doesn't seem to be

> what is required in un-installing IE7.

>

>

>

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>

>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:24:00 -0800, Tassie

>> <tassie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>>> Thanks!

>>>

>>> Do you have any idea why the comp won't go back any further than

>>> 2 months?

>>>

>>> I want to go back to before IE7 was installed, which is to August 2007.

>>

>> You can't. How far back you can go with System Restore is limited by

>> two things:

>>

>> 1. How much disk space System Restore has to store restore points.

>>

>> 2. A maximum of 90 days.

>>

>> And even 90 days is much too long. System Restore is a good tool for

>> undoing a *recent* change--for reverting the operating system to the

>> condition it was in a day or a few days ago, but that's all it is. I

>> wouldn't try to go back more than a week, or two weeks at the very

>> most, since you run the risk of getting the registry out of synch with

>> other files on the drive.

>>

>> --

>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>>